The Unfettered Ice Princess [ EN ]

Chapter 6 [ Invitation ]

Actually, since the beginning of Ophelia's pursuit, Naeva had only lost her presence and appearance. It was only when Ophelia had moved away from her that Naeva reappeared. Naeva also blocks the long-range vision skill that leads to her. So as long as she is not approached directly, people will not notice her.

Unfortunately, when using this skill, Naeva's movements were limited. But that didn't bother her at all. Because she did intend to sit there and wait quietly. Wait and see whether Ophelia could find her before night or not.

Although Ophelia was able to find her thanks to luck, but success is still success.

Naeva took the last bite of her cotton candy and wiped her mouth with a handkerchief.
"Is there a reason for this important lady to be looking for me?"

Ophelia wore an expression that did not understand the behavior of the girl in front of her.
".... Can you spare a moment for me? I have something to talk to you about."

"Sure. You managed to find me after all," Naeva replied flatly.

"So if I fail, you won't talk to me then?" thought Ophelia.

Naeva wiped the back of her blazer clean of dust.
"Where are we going?"

Ophelia smiled, "You must not have a place to stay? Considering you've been here all day."

"?"

The girl in the cloak and hood walked slowly towards a place, followed by the silver-haired girl who looked indifferent to everything. Naeva Winter did look flat, cold and as if she cared about nothing but herself. But in reality that was not entirely true. Naeva wasn't flat, she just forgot how to express herself. It's not that she's cold, she's just forgotten how normal humans feel. And it's not that she doesn't care about anything, she just forgot how to care about something when she's been alone in a cold place for thousands of years.

And most importantly, it's not that Naeva doesn't care about the lives of living beings and can kill them like it's nothing. During her time as a tutorial boss, Naeva only killed people who intended to kill her. She never attacks first. She even let people who chose to give up and run away. Although in the end they still died due to the extreme temperatures on Earth at that time.

There was once an incident, there was a Passenger who chose to be friends with Naeva because Naeva was not a tutorial boss who could not be talked to. It happened in the 2nd millennium. They had become close thanks to that person not giving up on approaching Naeva. However... As if against fate, after exactly 10 years they were together, that person died suddenly.

It turns out that there is such a thing as a time limit for Passengers in Earth's tutorial zone. Even if they manage to survive Naeva, cold and hunger, after exactly 10 years, their heart will stop working due to the effects of the time limit. That is the main reason why there are no living beings on Earth other than Naeva even when she only kills people who intend to kill her.

When that happens, Naeva goes on a rampage and destroys her territory time and time again. But the destroyed area will regenerate and recover as if it had never been destroyed. The same thing happened over and over again in her very long life.

Until it culminated, precisely at the age of the 8th millennium. Naeva was tired of dealing with her own feelings and chose to kill her feelings. From then on, the flat, cold and unfeeling Naeva was born.

But you know, that feeling is not really dead. It's just buried deep, deep and deep in her heart.

"We've arrived," Ophelia said, breaking Naeva's reverie.

"....."
Naeva surveyed the place they had come to. It wasn't a special place at all. Just a normal inn that many people went to.

[Rosée du Matin]